Carolina Arredondo

Carolina Arredondo
Arredondo in 2023
Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage
Assumed office
16 August 2023
PresidentGabriel Boric
Preceded byJaime de Aguirre
Succeeded byFrancisco Undurraga (elect)
Personal details
Born (1986-06-20) 20 June 1986
Parent(s)Claudio Arredondo
Carolina Marzán[1]
Alma mater
OccupationActress
politician

Carolina Arredondo Marzán (born 20 June 1986) is a Chilean actress who serves as Chile's Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.[2][3]

Biography

She was born on 20 June 1986 in Santiago. She is the daughter of actor, theatre director and former municipal councillor Claudio Arredondo Medina,[4] and actress and member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Carolina Marzán,[5] who has represented District No. 6 since 2018. She is the granddaughter of actors César Arredondo García and Gabriela Medina Espinoza.[6]

She studied acting at the Theatre School of Universidad Mayor, under the direction of Rodrigo Pérez Müffeler and during the deanship of Héctor Noguera. She later completed a postgraduate diploma in aesthetic direction at the University of Chile.

She has worked as creator and instructor of the Pre-university Theatre Program at Universidad Mayor and as a lecturer in acting and actor direction at the Chilean Film School. She has also been an active participant in the Fundación Internacional Teatro a Mil (FITAM), taking part in various productions and maintaining an ongoing association with its projects.

In 2019, Arredondo was elected to the national executive board of SIDARTE (the Chilean Actors’ Union), receiving 41.1% of the vote and achieving the highest individual vote share in the election.[7]

She later served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM), representing the Cultural Corporation of the Municipality of Santiago during the mayoralty of Irací Hassler.[8] In 2022, she was appointed as a sectoral councillor of the National Council of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage during the administration of President Gabriel Boric.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Actriz, Cultura por el Apruebo e hija de diputada: Quién es Carolina Arredondo, nueva ministra de Culturas". El Mostrador. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Carolina Arredondo: el historial que la acercó al Ministerio de las Culturas". Radio Pauta. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Carolina Arredondo, la actriz de "Los Venegas" que llega al atribulado Ministerio de las Culturas". La Tercera. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. ^ ""Es mi bálsamo": El orgullo de Claudio Arredondo de ser abuelo de Amanda, la hija de Carolina Arredondo". En Cancha (in Spanish). 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  5. ^ ""El quiebre con mi hija ha sido muy doloroso"". Emol (in Spanish). 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  6. ^ "La inolvidable historia de amor de Gabriela Medina y César Arredondo: "La vio entrar y se enamoró"". BioBioChile (in Spanish). 2022-11-14. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  7. ^ "Resultados de las elecciones complementarias a la directiva nacional de Sidarte Chile". Twitter (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  8. ^ "Organización Centro de las artes, la cultura y las personas". Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  9. ^ "Ministerio de las Culturas anuncia a los integrantes del primer Consejo Nacional de Artes Escénicas". Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-14.